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Ebay Company Timeline

By mflu
  • Start of Ebay

    Start of Ebay
    Ebay is founded in San Diego by Pierre Omidyar
  • First Service/Product of Ebay

    First Service/Product of Ebay
    Ebay's service is to give everybody in the world access to a marketplace where things can be auctioned.
  • Founders of Ebay and Why

    Ebay's founder is Pierre Omidyar, and its co-founder is Jeff Skolls. It was founded so people could buy goods and services.
  • First Employee of Ebay

    Chris Agarpao is hired to help coordinate Ebay
  • Ebay sells 7.2 million dollars worth of goods

    Ebay has sold over 7.2 millions dollars worth of goods on Ebay
  • Beanie Babies

    Beanie Babies
    More than 500 million dollars worth of Beanie Babies are sold on Ebay
  • Ebay's one millionth item sold

    Ebay's one millionth item sold
    Ebay sells its one millionth item, a big bird jack-in-a-box from PBS' Sesame Street
  • Ebay Expands globally

    Ebay launches sites in Germany, the U.K. and Australia. As of today, Ebay is available in 180 different countries
  • Ebay launches a new personalized homepage

    A personalized homepage is launched
  • Guaranteed Delivery is announced

    Ebay guarantees delivery in 3 days or less on 20 million items.